1.Learn about the structure of peer effects work. 2. Whether desegregation on the basis of family income has different effects than racial segregation
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ClearThe K-12 Integration, Desegregation, and Segregation Archive is a searchable database holding detailed abstracts of scholarship about the relationships among school and classroom ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic (SES) composition and a range of educational outcomes from the earliest years through college. You can search it by typing in the search field above or filter it using the options in the sidebar. Abstracts are sorted by most recent publication year and primary author’s last name Read more >>
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Firsthand accounts of how segregation and apartheid continues in America’s inner city schools and how teachers at those schools persist against the odds.
Fifty Years after Brown: New Evidence of the Impact of School Racial Composition on Student Outcomes
Expand the discussion of the impact of desegregation beyond the traditional test measures & including racial groups that have been largely ignored.
The Social Organization of School Choice in Chicago, 1960-2004
Describes Chicago’s patchwork system of school choice.
Science Education with English Language Learners: Synthesis and Research Agenda
Research on science education with English Language Learners
Estimating Correlates of Growth Between Mathematics and Science Achievement Via a Multivariate Multilevel Design with Latent Variables
Examined the relationship between growth in mathematics and science achievement during middle and high school among students and schools, and we demonstrated that such a model was more sensitive to this relationship.
"We Value Diversity, but…" Academic Achievement of White, Middle Class Elementary Students in Segregated and Integrated Schools
Does academic achievement of elementary school children from white, middle class backgrounds differ depending on the racial makeup of their school?
When Opting Out is not a Choice: Implications for NCLB's Transfer Option from Charlotte, North Carolina
Examines the implementation and early outcomes of No Child Left Behind’s voluntary transfer option for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School after end of court-mandated desegregation.
Student Segregation and Achievement Tracking in Year-Round Schools
Studied multitrack year-round education (MT-YRE) schools (system that differentiates school attendance groups) in California.
Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality
An analysis of how tracking in the American school system and its relationship to issues of inequality and excellence affected the education of junior and senior high school students in twenty-five US schools.
Court-Ordered Desegregation: Successes and Failures Integrating American Schools Since Brown Versus Board of Education
The purpose is to assess whether desegregation plans led to losses in white enrollment and examine the effects of plans on the loss of white students.
Does Segregation Still Matter? The Impact of Student Composition on Academic Achievement in High School
Whether racial and socioeconomic segregation is still contributing to the achievement differences among students.
Test Scores, Dropout Rates, and Transfer Rates as Alternative Indicators of High School Performance
Looks at whether schools that are effective in raising test scores are also effective in reducing dropout and transfer rates, and focuses on which school characteristics predict these alternative indicators of performance.
A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Neighborhood Schools and their Potential Impact
What are the potential effects of Neighborhood schools on adolescent’s academic development? What is the association between neighborhood schools and level and rate of change in adolescent development?
Who Graduates in the South?
Who Graduates in the South?
The Mexican American Struggle for Equal Educational Opportunity in Mendez v. Westminster: Helping Pave the Way for Brown v. Board of Education
To remember the importance of the Mendez case in the broader struggle for equal educational opportunity in the U.S..
How Desegregation Changed Us: The Effects of Racially Mixed Schools on Students and Society
Ideas of graduates, educators, advocates and local policy makers who were directly involved in racially mixed public high schools 25 years ago.
The Goals of a Voluntary Integration Program and the Problems of Access: A Closer Look at a Magnet School Application Brochure
Analysis of the district’s magnet school choice brochure and application and show that these key texts provide insights about Brown.
Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program.
The impact of METCO (long-running desegregation program) on receiving districts.
Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions and Attitudes to the Educational Structure of Tracking
Explores teachers’ attitudes and perceptions about tracking in three NY State public schools.
Effects of Racial Diversity on Complex Thinking in College Students
Measure the impact of racial diversity on the complexity of thinking in college students.
School Choice, Magnet Schools, and the Liberation Model: An Empirical Study
This study examined whether school choice that is implemented through magnet schools affects the segregation of low-income students in school systems.
The Transformation of School Desegregation in San Jose, California (1985-2003)
Segregation & desegregation experience of Mexican American students & how desegregation remedies promoted or hindered their access to equal education.
The Race Gap in Student Achievement Scores: Longitudinal Evidence from a Racially Diverse School District
Examine when and how the Black-White and Hispanic-White test score gaps develop in the early elementary grades in a California school district.
Math Acceleration for All
Discusses math acceleration and heterogeneous grouping. Summarizes study of a middle school program that eliminated math tracking.
Bridging Methodological Gaps: Instructional and Institutional Effects of Tracking in Two English Classes
Analyzes instructional and institutional effects of tracking in high and low track English classes
After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation
An assessment of how Brown v. Board of Education’s most visible effect – the contact between students of different racial groups – has changed over the past 50 years.
Immigrants and Education in the US Interior: Integrating and Segmenting Tendencies in Nashville, Tennessee
Examine the expression and pattering of integrating and segmenting tendencies in a local community of the U.S. interior.
The Color Line in American Education: Race, Resources, and Student Achievement
Outline current disparities in educational access and illustrate relationships among race, educational resources, and student achievement.
Inequality Segregation and the Overrepresentation of African American in School Suspensions
Relationship between school segregation patterns and the phenomenon of Black suspension overrepresentation.
Understanding The Black-White Test Score Gap in the First Two Years of School
Gaining a better understanding of the underlying causes of the test score gap.
Schools' Racial Mix, Students' Optimism, and the Black-White and Latino-White Achievement Gaps
How schools’ racial and ethnic mix of students and teachers influences black, white, and Latino students’ expectations, aspirations and attitudes.
Desegregation and Black Dropout Rates
Whether desegregation plans of the last 30 years benefited Black and White students in desegregated school districts.
Returning to Square One: From Plessey to Brown and Back to Plessey.
Revisiting and examining Brown’s historical significance and its education policy legacy.
Does School Accountability Lead to Improved Student Performance
Provide evidence on the expected effects of NCLB not only on student performance but also on other potential consequences. Controlled for student and school characteristics.
Designing Schools and Instruction that Use Student Diversity to Enhance Learning for All Students
Examines how schools and students can benefit from diversity.
Racial Segregation and Educational Outcomes in Metropolitan Boston
Examines segregation, demographic change, and educational attainment in the Boston metropolitan area during 1990s.
Multiple Facets of Inequity in Racial and Ethnic Achievement Gaps
Examine how inequitable the racial achievement gaps are and how much progress towards equity was made through changes in achievement gaps.